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Bill: Freedom Act II
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 2587
Description[?]:
| More freedom, less government. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Right to privacy.
Old value:: The government has the right to monitor information of individuals without letting them know.
Current: Individuals have a right to privacy, but the courts can force individuals to give information on certain matters if needed. (also known as Habeas Data).
Proposed: Individuals have a right to privacy, to keep records and information for themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:33:49, June 05, 2008 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Freedom Act II |
| Message | * Witchfinder-General Lord Hopkins rises: Mr Speaker, The question begging to be asked is: what does our honoured guest have to hide? I yield the floor. |
| Date | 01:41:17, June 05, 2008 CET | From | Luthori Tory Party | To | Debating the Freedom Act II |
| Message | *Baron Throbbing rises: Mr. Speaker, The question that is begged by the Rt. Hon Witchfinder is: why can he not discover witches without disrupting the lives of innocent Luthori? I yield the floor. |
| Date | 01:49:27, June 05, 2008 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Freedom Act II |
| Message | * Lord Hopkins snaps: It is clear, Mr Speaker, that only a witch would need to keep information - potions, spells, satanic rituals and such like - in secret from the state. This is a very sinister bill indeed that warrants further investigation. I yield the floor. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 45 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 98 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 32 |
| Random fact: Unless otherwise stated, monarchs and their royal houses will be presumed to be owned by the player who introduced the bill appointing them to their position. |
| Random quote: "Religion, like capitalism, will perish in the end. We estimate the complete Terra-wide extinction of Hosianism as a religious belief by the year 4409, and in Dorvik by 4398." - Friedrich Pfeiffer, former Dorvish politician |